Politics

By Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris made a late May call to Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro with a subtle nudge that would neatly encapsulate her fraught task of addressing the root causes of migration to the southern border. From her West Wing office, she received an update on the Central

By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden authorized the Defense Production Act to spur US manufacturing of solar and several other forms of clean energy, the White House announced Monday. Biden authorized the Energy Department to use the DPA to speed up domestic manufacturing of solar panel components, energy-efficient heat pumps, building insulation, electric transformers

By Ella Nilsen, CNN In an attempt to mobilize voters around the climate crisis, six climate advocacy groups are readying for the midterms with an arsenal of $100 million — the first coordinated spending of its kind. In a difficult political year for Democrats, the climate groups are forming the new Climate Votes Project, shared

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN More than 500 days removed from the violent attack on the US Capitol, the committee investigating it is ready to show its work. The House select committee will hold its first public hearing this week, on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET. Sources told CNN this hearing will be a broad

By Paul LeBlanc and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney, one of just two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, has asserted that the attack was part of an “extremely well-organized” conspiracy. The Wyoming lawmaker’s comments to CBS “Sunday Morning” come before the panel is set to hold its first

By Sarah Fortinsky and Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Donald Trump endorsed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for another term in Congress on Saturday, calling him “an outstanding Representative for the people of California, and a strong and fearless Leader of the House Republican Conference.” The endorsement comes nearly two months after the release of

By Matthew Hoye and Jamie Gangel, CNN Former Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman said Sunday he no longer considers himself to be a Republican, telling Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” “I think the party left me some time ago.” Riggleman, who worked as a technical adviser for the House select committee investigating the

By Melanie Zanona, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection — and some prominent names in Congress and the Republican Party are answering the

By Gabby Orr and Gloria Borger, CNN Allies of Gov. Brian Kemp and top Republicans in Georgia have recently approached Donald Trump advisers to see if the former President can be persuaded to go easy on the incumbent GOP governor as he fights for reelection, sources told CNN. The informal effort — which has not